Author: Martin Lewis Perl

Quotes

There were two free public libraries within walking distance of my home; I remember taking six books home from every visit, the limit set by the library.

There were two free public libraries within walking distance of my home; I remember taking six books home from every visit, the limit set by the library.

- Martin Lewis Perl

I learned quickly, as I tell my graduate students now, there are no answers in the back of the book when the equipment doesn't work or the measurements look strange.

I learned quickly, as I tell my graduate students now, there are no answers in the back of the book when the equipment doesn't work or the measurements look strange.

- Martin Lewis Perl

Going to school and working for good marks, indeed working for very good marks, was a serious business.

Going to school and working for good marks, indeed working for very good marks, was a serious business.

- Martin Lewis Perl

It was good fortune to be a child during the Depression years and a youth during the war years.

It was good fortune to be a child during the Depression years and a youth during the war years.

- Martin Lewis Perl

This was good training for research, because large parts of experimental work are sometimes boring or involve the use of skills in which one is not particularly gifted.

This was good training for research, because large parts of experimental work are sometimes boring or involve the use of skills in which one is not particularly gifted.

- Martin Lewis Perl

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